Candle holder



' Jan. 4, 1938. D, 'SHERWYOQD 2,104,139

CANDLE HOLDER Filed Dec. 5, 1935 INVENTOR.

BY g4 Z Patented Jan. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

structed of a very inexpensive material if desired, and destroyed after it has served its purpose.

Still another object of my invention is to so 15 construct the device that the amount of candles to be held may be varied, provision being made to provide receptacles to be used at will and the candles placed in any desired position.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a candle holder that may be removed when the candles are extinguished and the cake ready for cutting.

These objects and their advantageous ends I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being 25 had to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the device taken at line A-A of Figure 1. I

Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of the slotted 30 and scored aperture.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a part of a cake having the device in position, and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view in detail of the candle inserted into a receptacle formed by the tongues of the slotted and scored aperture.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character l0 shows the body of the device, which is made of paper or the like, and can be embossed or decorated in any ornamental manner.

The annular channelled shape of the body portion of the device shown permits its encircling a round cake, but various forms and shapes may be manufactured to fit any cake. The annular body is provided with two vertically disposed walls. An inner wall H and an outer wall l2 support a horizontal section l3. This section l3 has apertures 14 consisting of a circular scored line 15 and slots [6 cut through the material within the scored circle 15 in such a manner that the slots l6 cross one another forming triangular sections l|. These triangular sections 11 act as a support for a candle l8 when same is forced downwardly through the apertures M as shown in Figure 5, and retain the candle in a vertical position.

The location of the apertures I4 on the top section l3 may be in any convenient arrangement either in an annular plan or in staggered relation to one another. Likewise the number of apertures l4 may be varied, and'candles may be inserted into any number of apertures depending on the arrangement and spacing of same.

The invention is susceptible to various changes in its form and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States, is:

As a new article of manufacture, a holder for candles and the like, comprising a piece of sheet material shaped to form an annular body adapted to be placed over and about a cake or the like and having a channel opening through its lower side, the top wall of the body and channel being provided with a plurality of scorings to form seats for the candles, the portions of said top wall between the scorings being bent inwardly of the said channel when the candles are selectively and forceably engaged in said seats, and out-turned flanges formed at opposite edges of the open side of said channel to increase the footing of the holder.

FRANK D. SHERWOOD. 

